The sobering fact is heart disease accounts for the majority of deaths among older Boston terriers. This is commonly due to a genetic predisposition toward valve deterioration and can be often be heard as a heart murmur during your dog's annual exam.
Diarrhea usually is a sign that something is bothering the dogâs gastrointestinal tract. Some cases of diarrhea are caused by minor digestive distractions, such as when dogs eat people food or get into the garbage. Diarrhea can also be caused by more serious problems, like poisoning or systemic disease. Diarrhea can come on quickly, be severe and then go away. It also can happen gradually and last for a long time. Affected dogs often are nauseous and have intestinal cramping and pain.
Here is a brief list of causes of diarrhea. Dietary indiscretion or Inappropriate ingestion. This is one of the most common causes of runny stool in dogs, which means that your dog ate something it shouldnât have. Letâs face it, dogs can eat anything from grass trimmings and garbage to other animalsâ feces. This is one of the most common causes of diarrhea in dogs. Parasites in dogs.